BJP declares candidates for second phase of Bihar elections

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 11

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday released a list of 46 candidates for the second phase of upcoming elections to the 243-member Bihar Assembly it is contesting in alliance with the JD-U, VIP and HAM(S)

 State minister Nand Kishore Yadav (from Patna Sahib) and Nitish Mishra, son of former chief minister Jagannath Mishra, are among those named by the party as its candidates.

The list was released a day after the party’s central election committee, which includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, met here.  It follows the first list of 27 candidates for Phase I on October 7.  

The BJP is contesting the assembly elections in alliance with the JD(U). Two other parties---Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) ---have also been included in the alliance.

The BJP is contesting on 110 seats in the 243-member assembly. The party has given 11 seats from its quota to the VIP.

The JD(U) will contest on 115 seats, leaving its remaining share of seven seats for the HAM.

The assembly polls in Bihar will be held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and November 7. The results will be declared in November 10. With PTI